Full Version: OOC: A Snowballs Chance in Hell
I just looked it up...and your right, it is its own skill....I bow to your supeior knowledge!!
So, oh Sage with book access ... does it default to Athletics?
Levitate.
Tried that once ... broke my nose! 
Well, you see, the trick to flying is...
Sorry, I've been re-reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Great series.
Anyway. Parachuting? Ha! Wait. Crap.
Next batch of karma goes there.
Sorry, I've been re-reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Great series.
Anyway. Parachuting? Ha! Wait. Crap.
Next batch of karma goes there.
I figured you guys would all have it for sure. 
Eheheheh...
Shadow, can I try the "fall at the ground and miss" theory? Will it work? Will I suddenly be shot down because I'm flying in a no-fly zone? The world must know!
Shadow, can I try the "fall at the ground and miss" theory? Will it work? Will I suddenly be shot down because I'm flying in a no-fly zone? The world must know!
Having been the cruel GM who made his team parachute into LA, no it doesn't default to athletics, you go all the way back to the attribute...and the TNs aren't very low to start with...
Oh well, my character doesn't know that. 
Seriously though, the canon rules are ultra-harsh when it comes to 'chuting. Even a full-time professional stands a very good chance of splatting each and every time he jumps, with no real way to lessen that chance.
Seriously though, the canon rules are ultra-harsh when it comes to 'chuting. Even a full-time professional stands a very good chance of splatting each and every time he jumps, with no real way to lessen that chance.
Sphynx: You may want to edit your post. The brief isn't over yet. We were asked if we had any questions on what was said "so far" (bold is IC). Getting up to leave wouldn't be the best thing just yet. 
Oh, and so you all know, Shadow told me he is going to be nice to us and let us use Athletics for Parachuting. Cause seriously. For us to be real Ghosts, there would be sooooooo many more skills we'd all be required to have.
I have no idea what you're talking about.... who's leaving?
And I was so looking forward to watching some people bounce (myself included most likely!). 
Shadow's such a sweetheart.
Shadow's such a sweetheart.
So do those of us with the Parachuting skill get a lower TN? Or should I just swap that skill out for something else?
Those of you have a HALO or HALO'ish skills get a lower tn. Those of you with athletics can default for the standard +2 tn. Those of you without athletics will be hitting the water at terminal velocity
Yay ... Bouncies!
I have been told that hitting the water at 76 mps is the same as hitting a concrete wall.
Yep ... I can't wait! 
...Can I default to Stealth instead?
Edit: Or how about Quickness? I stand a good chance with that!
Edit: Or how about Quickness? I stand a good chance with that!
Please tell me you are joking. Please tell me everyone has at least Athletics of 4.
If not, I have a feeling that for some of us, this'll be over very very quickly.
If not, I have a feeling that for some of us, this'll be over very very quickly.
*has Athletics 4*
*cough*
I could take something out of my B/Rs... *looks around furtively*
I could take something out of my B/Rs... *looks around furtively*
Shadow: Please tell me you didn't take characters into the group that don't have the ability to get past the first part of the mission.
rotflmmfao!
**Athletics 6, Parchuting (Halo) 4 (6)**
I'm sure we will be able to come up with some way to get everyone there in one piece...what kind of team are we if we can't all make it over the first hurdle.
I'm sure we will be able to come up with some way to get everyone there in one piece...what kind of team are we if we can't all make it over the first hurdle.
I admit though that my original version of this char would have went splatt...low body and no athletics.
Is there a reason that we have to Parachute in?
We can't use Nightwing Gliders on remote controll or maybe a minisub from way outside the harbor that we can pilot in towards the entery point?
We can't use Nightwing Gliders on remote controll or maybe a minisub from way outside the harbor that we can pilot in towards the entery point?
*scratches his head*
I am pretty sure everyone has athletics 4...
I am pretty sure everyone has athletics 4...
Buddha: Check with Shadow as to what other data is on the chip.
Lt. Darlene Charlotte Madigan
Lt. Darlene Charlotte Madigan
[ Spoiler ]
Oh, and yes, she has Athletics of 4
| QUOTE (Ecclesiastes) |
| Is there a reason that we have to Parachute in? We can't use Nightwing Gliders on remote controll or maybe a minisub from way outside the harbor that we can pilot in towards the entery point? |
Because Intel says that is not the way to go in. Welcome to the Army
| QUOTE (Shadow) |
| *scratches his head* I am pretty sure everyone has athletics 4... |
Nope, but like I said, I could do a quick renigging of some B/Rs and have it.
If it's alright with you, I can do it in a flash.
Sure
Renegotiated skills:
Sorry about that.
[ Spoiler ]
Sorry about that.
| QUOTE (Fortune) |
| And I was so looking forward to watching some people bounce (myself included most likely!). |
Sorry for the side track.
There has been a long argument between the Dwarf, Ork and a Shapeshifter to whether a Elf bounces or goes splat first.
| QUOTE (Shadow) |
| I have been told that hitting the water at 76 mps is the same as hitting a concrete wall. |
That is true the faster you going the harder the water gets.
Well here is a side bet, 100 
says I go bounce instead of splat.
I gather there is no escaping the Halo then
says I go bounce instead of splat.[ Spoiler ]
I gather there is no escaping the Halo then
No. Nore is there any other way into the base and the building that you need to get into.
Looks like we will be having fun then!!! 
| QUOTE (Shadow) |
| Nore is there any other way into the base and the building that you need to get into. |
Forgive my ignorance here, but I don't understand this sentence. Maybe it's because I have a little trouble with the english language (It's not my first language). Are you saying that the only entrance to the base is through the sewers? This is some sort of underground base or something?
Or are you saying that we won't be able to figure out a secondary backup plan to get onto the base and into the building (such as the shaman using the conceal power of a spirit, and us sneaking onto the base, going through windows, etc)?
Sorry for being confused, as said, it could just be my poor english skills acting up yet again.
Sphynx <- See, couldn't even spell Sphinx correctly.
He means that there is no chance of working out a secoundary plan...so our only chance of getting into the base is through the sewers.
Pretty much. In the spec ops world you don't do your own planning, you get handed a plan and it's your job to make them work. So this is the plan, make it work
::Begins to research the swimming rules::
So team, how much gear do we actually plan on bringing? I trust that most of the small stuff can be packed away and look like it's checked luggage, but we can't exactly bring the MAWs along for the swim.
So team, how much gear do we actually plan on bringing? I trust that most of the small stuff can be packed away and look like it's checked luggage, but we can't exactly bring the MAWs along for the swim.
Well, I'll probably have the HVAR and the Predator, as well as some ammo. (Pred at the beginning for its Silencer, HVAR on the way out if people notice us. If.)
Outside of that... Looking like FFBA all the way.
If we have any StayDri™ bags or something equivalent... A few bits of surveillance gear/anti-surveillance gear.
Outside of that... Looking like FFBA all the way.
If we have any StayDri™ bags or something equivalent... A few bits of surveillance gear/anti-surveillance gear.
I'm sure we'll have a way of getting our equipment. I know there are special bags for carrying equipment underwater and whatnot (they even have compressed air in them so you can carry the heavy stuff easier by just letting some more air out).
| QUOTE (Shadow) |
| In the spec ops world you don't do your own planning, you get handed a plan and it's your job to make them work. |
Or at least have a semi-reasonable explanation for any deviations ... after-the-fact.
Hmmm.... no bringing my army jeep along for the ride then?!
I think I might be taking the following:
Arachnoid mini drone
vidlink transmitter (so we can call home!)
Portable satalite uplink dish
signal amp
Preditor
remote control deck
That sound reasonable to people?
I think I might be taking the following:
Arachnoid mini drone
vidlink transmitter (so we can call home!)
Portable satalite uplink dish
signal amp
Preditor
remote control deck
That sound reasonable to people?
At the moment my gear site at close to 15 KGs. But I am sure I can cut it down.
Depending on what the Capt deems nessesary.
Depending on what the Capt deems nessesary.
15kg??? 
Darlene's pistol ammo load is more than 15 kg!!!
...Of course, that's with the FUBAR Ammo weights
Darlene's pistol ammo load is more than 15 kg!!!
...Of course, that's with the FUBAR Ammo weights
I'll need to figure out just what needs to be destroyed so I can plan accordingly the weight of explosives...then I can see how much weight I have left for my other gear.
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